A South Asian’s Story: NEDA Week
I have felt guilty all my life. Guilty about leaving, guilty about conforming to outdated standards for girls, for eating too much, for eating too little…
Continue ReadingI have felt guilty all my life. Guilty about leaving, guilty about conforming to outdated standards for girls, for eating too much, for eating too little…
Continue ReadingI was 25 when my therapist diagnosed me with an eating disorder. I legit said to her, “But I’m not skinny!” And she said words that shattered my world in the best way possible: “You don’t have to be skinny in order to have an eating disorder.” This week has been national eating disorder awareness […]
Continue ReadingThis story is one of the November Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . There are some days where the world seems pointless, Bella thought. Some days where it takes all the strength she can muster to roll out of bed, stumble to the kitchen, and pour herself a bowl full of […]
Continue ReadingYou’ve seen her as Spencer Hastings in Pretty Little Liars, you’ve seen her husband on Suits, and now you can see her in her new movie, Feed. Troian Bellisario is back with a bang as she plays a teenage girl who has just lost her twin brother in a car accident. This results in an […]
Continue Reading_ I work as an intern in an office where I sit in a room with a handful of other interns. They are all females in their twenties, like myself. Pretty much every day, someone will bring in snacks to share with the group. As it neared the end of the day tonight, a box […]
Continue ReadingYou know that way that Facebook uses some complex algorithm to determine what news appears in your feed? Recently, it just so happened to be the death of an old friend. Wow, all those RIPs flooding my timeline and suddenly I realised something real had happened. This girl, barely a couple years older than myself, […]
Continue ReadingIn the seventh grade, my friends accused me of being anorexic. It was supposed to be a joke. I didn’t know if I should have taken that as a compliment or been offended but, when people complimented me on how naturally skinny I am, it always gave me a sense of pride. It made me feel […]
Continue Readingmy organs are rotting from the inside. all i can do is rip them out, feathers in a pillow. bones pop. all i can do is throw them in the trash, smile. teeth fall. i count them one by one. tangible proof, two grams each. hide in the bathroom, try to stay safe. the kitchen […]
Continue Readingyou told me about yellow teeth and a thin reaching fur that grew over skin then glued me to a plastic chair and made me eat pasta EAT IT ALL you said the warrior in you wild the group of you, arms crossed hair swinging from ponytails as tight as your fathers’ silence what I […]
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